uServ -- P2P Webserver from IBM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday December 1, 2001 @06:59PM from the not-to-be-confused-with-serv-u dept.

ryantate writes: "Some folks over at IBM have been working on the uServ Project, which provides "high availability web hosting ... using existing web and internet protocols", meaning you can serve a website from your desktop and people can get at it with a standard Web browser and without special software. They claim the system, which works from behind firewalls and when you are offline (provided you can convince other peers to 'replicate' your site), is in active use by about 900 people within IBM. Here's the white paper."

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Hmm, that's gonna be interesting ! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2001-12-01 19:08 · Score: 5, Funny

"uServ -- P2P Webserver from IBM"
I can't wait to see the RIAA try to sue IBM. God I love this industry ...

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geekword compliant? by nehril · 2001-12-01 21:04 · Score: 5, Funny

this story sounds like it came right out of the Slashdot Story Generator